I have an old 2gb USB flash drive that is recognised as "USB Disk Pro", in all BIOS I have to hand. All the computers will boot from it, np.
Then I bought an 8gb Medion branded USB flash drive. My gigabyte board won't recognise the drive at all, and having the drive plugged in will crash the boot process, even if I'm trying to boot an internal SATA drive.
I first thought it might be the fault of the USB drive, so I put it in a computer with a new ASUS board. This recognises the drive simply as "USB:". It seems there is a missing ID string on the drive, but the ASUS board will boot it regardless. The ASUS board detects my other 2gb drive as "USB: Disk Pro". Both will boot happily.
Now I found the HP disk format tool, but I don't think this will do anything. If the BIOS doesn't detect the USB *at all*, how it's formatted isn't going to matter, I reasoned. A blank, unformatted HDD is still recognised, after all.
The disk was already formatted to FAT32 by the manufacturer, which is what it should be.
So this is obviously a Gigabyte problem, I think, seeing how the whole boot process crashes with no error with this drive plugged in. Something the BIOS can't cope with, or some bug?
Before I go flashing the BIOS and screwing everything up totally (maybe!), I just wondered if there was much else I could do? I wasn't expecting problems with this Gigabyte board, tbh. It wasn't cheap, and I thought they were a decent brand
It's a 785-based UD2H.
Then I bought an 8gb Medion branded USB flash drive. My gigabyte board won't recognise the drive at all, and having the drive plugged in will crash the boot process, even if I'm trying to boot an internal SATA drive.
I first thought it might be the fault of the USB drive, so I put it in a computer with a new ASUS board. This recognises the drive simply as "USB:". It seems there is a missing ID string on the drive, but the ASUS board will boot it regardless. The ASUS board detects my other 2gb drive as "USB: Disk Pro". Both will boot happily.
Now I found the HP disk format tool, but I don't think this will do anything. If the BIOS doesn't detect the USB *at all*, how it's formatted isn't going to matter, I reasoned. A blank, unformatted HDD is still recognised, after all.
The disk was already formatted to FAT32 by the manufacturer, which is what it should be.
So this is obviously a Gigabyte problem, I think, seeing how the whole boot process crashes with no error with this drive plugged in. Something the BIOS can't cope with, or some bug?
Before I go flashing the BIOS and screwing everything up totally (maybe!), I just wondered if there was much else I could do? I wasn't expecting problems with this Gigabyte board, tbh. It wasn't cheap, and I thought they were a decent brand
It's a 785-based UD2H.
